Big Pharma Tries to Shut Down Generics, Accused of ‘Genocide’

Big pharma is known for making medicines that are often toxic and worse than the disease. But they also produce life-saving medicines that people are desperate to obtain. Many of the least-served populations obtain medicines that are produced in India – known as the “pharmacy of the developing world” – because the country didn’t start granting patents on drugs until 2005, when it was forced to do so due to international trade rules. That was the year India adopted WTO-TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) obligations, making it difficult for companies in the country to make generics of patented …read more